Paper Bag. What's yours?

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If you're at all familiar with the coffee creamer section of your market's dairy section you've probably seen an explosion of flavors in recent years. It's to the point that every time I go shopping I can buy a new flavor to test. My husband has his standby: hazelnut. I admit that's my all-time favorite also. But ever since I was at a friend's house talking to her about her idea to look into medical coding training courses and tried her own coconut cream creamer, I was hooked on flavoring my coffees with an assortment of sweet touches. Tonight it's Vanilla Caramel Brownie. I was sure it would be way too sweet, because honestly, I don't think I'd enjoy eating a vanilla caramel brownie. But I love my coffee and love adding different depths to the taste.

As for the color? No matter the flavor it's all by sight: paper bag. As in: the color of. Hubby happens to share that particular affinity. It's pretty hard to attain that hue when using chocolate-based flavors, so I tend to avoid those. Believe it or not, they don't taste right no matter how much cream I put in if the color is off. And I'm not one of those "a little coffee with your creamer?" types. I like to TASTE the coffee in there.

I'm also trying to decide on whether we need an espresso maker. I love my coffee big. Lots of it. How to balance that without the caffeine overload?

Hopefully I'll figure it out by Christmas.